Welcome to Dear Bobcat, a podcast series from Ohio Today radio where we ask Ohio University alumni to write a letter to their first-year selves and read it on stage or in the booth.
What would you say if you could go back and give that naïve, fresh-faced, younger you some advice, reassurance or words of warning?
This episode’s letter comes from Jillian Causey, who graduated in 2013 with her degree in health services administration. She returned to her first days at OHIO, which she explains, weren’t exactly the smoothest start to her college career.
Jillian shared her letter on stage at this spring’s On The Green Weekend in Athens. Then, she joined us in the WOUB studio to talk about her process and tell some stories behind her letter.
More episodes
Dear Bobcat Ep. 1: Don’t change a thing
Dear Bobcat Ep. 2: You don’t know everything
Dear Bobcat Ep. 4: Stay angry
Dear Bobcat Ep. 5: You made it
Dear Bobcat Ep. 6: Ignore the critics
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Write your own Dear Bobcat letter
Thinking about what you’d say to your first-year self? We want to hear it!
Write your own Dear Bobcat letter and email it to dearbobcat@ohio.edu , or record it by calling 740-597-1000. We might just feature you on a future episode.
Before you write or call, check out these tips to get you started:
- Keep it brief: 400-500 words, or 4-5 minutes is ideal.
- Get personal. Remember, you’re writing a letter to YOURSELF, not anyone else.
- Don’t hold back! Say anything and everything your younger self would need to hear.
Dear Bobcat is produced by Ohio Today radio and recorded at WOUB studios in Athens, Ohio.